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Calvin Cheng, don't be so thick skinned and compare yourself with Bill Gates
I refer to the article: "CALVIN CHENG SAYS ILLEGAL PRICE FIXING IS NO BIG DEAL AND CALLS 2.1 MILLION TRS READERS 'MORONS"There are crimes and there are ethics & code of conduct, big or no big deal...
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Lost in Translation: Differences between how men and women communicate
Focus on the Family’s "It's Uncomplicated" workshop has been in the spotlight ever since a student from Hwa Chong Institution, Ms Agatha Tan, posted an open letter to the principal raising concerns...
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Meaningful discussions will get a lot further than blind complaints
This is a response to the riposte of "TRS readers Should Not Blindly Criticise the PAP for everything".My original letter can be seen at: TRS readers shouldn't blindly blame the PAP for everythingA...
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Studying in Cafes: Sometimes the students have nowhere else to go
Contributor S.A. commented in her 12 October article that she was unhappy with students hogging places in cafes to study. See: Students should stop studying in cafes!I can understand her grievances....
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Food prices & inflation will go up, Minister
Not “could” because of the toll increases.Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck told Parliament on Tuesday that consumers could be affected by affected by “pass-through impact” on...
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Reprinting The Battle For Merger - Time Off For A Reality Check
A few minutes into the first of 12 radio broadcasts compiled for "The Battle For Merger" launch, the speaker is heard saying, "without merger Singapore will not survive". That was 53 years ago to the...
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Huffington Post: Is Singapore the Perfect Country for Our Times?
From Zocalo Public SquareSINGAPORE -- You land at Changi Airport after flying for what seems a lifetime, and you're naturally disoriented, even before you hit the customs booths that feature bowls of...
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Minister Lui’s COE accounting misleading
I refer to the 9 Oct 2014 Straits Times report “Citizens account for more than 80% of COE purchases”.Minister Lui reported that we the 61% citizens are taking up more than 80% of the COEs. He seems to...
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Ariffin Sha: I will be taking a break from Politics
As some of you are aware, I was called up to assist in investigations into a possible offence of unlawful assembly on Sept 27th at HLP. This has caused great distress and alarm to my parents....
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Dear TRS, this photo shows YMCA tampering with the CPF protestors' speakers
Dear The Real Singapore,I am one of those random Singaporeans that attended the Hong Lim Park protest that day. I took a few photos of the event and was looking through the photos of the HLP event and...
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‘The CPF is risk-free’ doubletalk
“The CPF is Risk Free” DoubletalkIn this follow-up to the government’s CPF double talk on rates of return, the writer looks at the mother of all doubletalk; Ministers asserting that CPF principal and...
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Footballer Baihakki Khaizan: Singapore New National Stadium is all about money
Hey you, you look prettier now, and people just can't stop talking about you, can they? Yeah, it's you I'm talking about, Miss billion-dollar National Stadium. You're all fancy these days, with all the...
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The 10 most annoying things about working in a civil service job
Ask any civil servants how they find their work routines and bureaucracy is often the first response. Indeed, the bureaucratic work processes can be extremely infuriating and unhelpful, especially in...
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Brazil coach criticizes Singapore's National Stadium pitch, says it may cause...
Brazil’s national football coach, Dunga criticised the state of the grass at the National Stadium today after his team had their first training session there this afternoon.He said frankly that Brazil...
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Opposition parties should try their best to attract and win the votes for the...
Dear Opposition Parties, We true blue Singaporeans do not like the open door policy. We disagree with the Population White Paper that contains no details. There is anger and resentment towards the...
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PAP, Address Singaporeans Now and Sack Alvin Yeo!
A summary of the Alvin Yeo case: He overcharged his client by over a million dollars and raised legal fees to $100,000 per hour in court. Law Society let him off with the excuse that his clerk did it,...
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园林局官僚作风不得民心
最近鬧得沸沸揚揚的芳林公園927事件,看過了園林局副局長帶領一般暗探來CPF抗議集會壓場的事件,讓人從此對園林局的霸道囂張態度大為反感。其实园林局不止是因为对待集会两方的厚此薄彼处理行为引起关注及不满,这也让我勾引起园林局对其他事件的处理方式的回顾,现一一例举如下:年前去植物园一趟,刚好下很大的雨,我把电单车停在有遮停车场里,因为这有遮停车场只提供不到十个的电单车停车位,而且多数被他们的职员占用,因...
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The unknown plight of Singaporean drivers
I had been a taxi driver for the past sixteen years and recently my hirer had a medical problem and decided to return the taxi. Having been in the taxi business for many years I decided to become...
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SAF Volunteer corps: the divide deepens
The SAF has introduced the SAF Volunteer Corps (SAFVC) for new citizens, permanent residents to contribute their time and sweat to Singapore’s national defence, regardless of their gender.On first...
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Creative Problem Solving - PAP Style
Town Council removes stone tables at Circuit Road void decks to "stop" illegal gambling.This follows a similar decision in Little India in which coffeeshops stopped selling alcohol in glass bottles to...
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